试探张之洞洋务思想形成的原因

晚清重臣张之洞从小接受的是正宗的儒家思想教育，一生为维护纲常名教及清王朝的统治而鞠躬尽瘁。这位儒臣的思想后来竟发生了变化，产生了洋务思想。这似乎有点不可思议，但纵观其一生不难发现三方面的原因：第一，是儒家经世致用的思想传统；第二，是他特有的宦海生涯；第三，是其所处的特殊的历史时代。

Reasons of Zhang Zhidong''''s Westernization Thought Forming

As an important officier in the later Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong accepted the original Confucianism education from his childhood. He devoted himself to protecting the feudal morality and the rule of Qing Dynasty. But later his thought changed a lot and his Westernization thought came into being. It seemed a little ununderstanderable but it is not difficult to find three reasons for the reasons. The fast is the thought tradition of the Confucian experience and usefulness. The second is his official experiences. The third is the special historical times.